You think you know it, but you really don’t.
I’m referring to Matthew 5:17, the verse where Yeshua (Jesus) says, “Don’t think I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill.” (CSV)
“See?” you declare, “Right there, Yeshua says He didn’t come to do away with the law, so that settles the issue as to whether the Old Testament was to be thrown out or not!”
Newsflash…. there never was an issue. That was never the issue.
There were seventy people – eighty, tops. And they probably didn’t know what hit them because nobody saw it coming.
In this Messianic congregation in Rome circa 57 A.D., a Gentile audience listens intently as someone reads a letter. The writer who sent it is a Jewish man from Tarsus, and he’s not telling them what they want to hear.
Hard to believe it was more than 50 years ago when New York based Levy's Bread came up with one of the greatest marketing campaigns in advertising history. Realizing that their product catered mostly to Jewish people, the company placed ads showing non-Jewish people enjoying the "Jewish" bread. The slogan, "You don't have to be Jewish to love Levy's" was born. Problem solved. The days of Gentiles thinking that something Jewish didn't apply to them, were finally over, right?
Some years ago, I was sitting next to a gentleman on a plane who saw a Bible in my lap. He noted that every group has their holy book and asked me what made my Bible different from all the others.
Smiling, I turned to him and said, “Easy. My book is the only one about a God who makes promises and always keeps them.” And the story of the “Lost Tribes of Israel” is a perfect example of God’s promises kept.
First, let’s clear the air.
